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As a fantasy writer, you often have to come up with silly names. I thought of taking the easy option and just making up a fake word to describe what is essentially a rock in the sky. (Al'kath, Ingindingo, Labolobodybobohsondingiebob) But then I thought, what would a scientist call this phenomenon, if it really existed?
So, I task you /sci/ with inventing a practical name for an isle that is suspended in the sky.
Take inspiration from a literal meaning, translated to Latin, or come up with a more scientific title. Go nuts!
Enjoy!
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>>9084646
Uppy turfy.
Also, I don't know what world you live in where people would rather have some invariably cringeworthy new word when you could just say "sky island"
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>>9084646
What are big pieces of land in water formally called?
>island
>1590s, earlier yland (c. 1300), from Old English igland, iegland "an island," from ieg "island" (from Proto-Germanic *aujo "thing on the water," from PIE root *akwa- "water") + land (n.).
Then look up etymology of "sky" or something related.
>From Middle English sky, from Old Norse ský (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *skiwją, *skiwô (“cloud, cloud cover, haze”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to cover, hide, cloud”).
Then make up something like "siiwland" by imitating the pronounciation or something.
Sage for not science.
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